Conservation of wildlife and habitats

Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics.

Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics.

Plantation forests often have a negative image.

Plantation forests often have a negative image.

There is a growing recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity.

Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves.

Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's mangroves.

Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places.

Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places.

The fisheries sector is in crisis.

The fisheries sector is in crisis.

Prato and Fagre offer the first systematic, multi-disciplinary assessment of the challenges involved in managing the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE), an area of the Rocky Mountains that includes northwestern Montana, southwestern Alberta, and southeastern British Columbia.

The Complex Forest systematically examines the theory, processes, and early outcomes of a research and management approach called adaptive collaborative management (ACM).

The Complex Forest systematically examines the theory, processes, and early outcomes of a research and management approach called adaptive collaborative management (ACM).

Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests.

Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests.

Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service.

Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service.

Ocean and coastal management regimes are increasingly subject to competing demands from stakeholders.

Ocean and coastal management regimes are increasingly subject to competing demands from stakeholders.

The vast size of the United States and extensive variation of its climate, topography, and biota across different regions contribute to both the richness of the nation's natural heritage and the complexities involved in managing its resources.

The vast size of the United States and extensive variation of its climate, topography, and biota across different regions contribute to both the richness of the nation's natural heritage and the complexities involved in managing its resources.

Alaska in the early 1950s was one of the world's last great undeveloped areas.

Alaska in the early 1950s was one of the world's last great undeveloped areas.

Prato and Fagre offer the first systematic, multi-disciplinary assessment of the challenges involved in managing the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE), an area of the Rocky Mountains that includes northwestern Montana, southwestern Alberta, and southeastern British Columbia.

Enrolling over 30 million acres, the U.

Enrolling over 30 million acres, the U.

Cents and Sustainability is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Gro Brundtland in Our Common Future to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'.

Cents and Sustainability is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Gro Brundtland in Our Common Future to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'.

There is a growing recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity.

This book examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discusses its values and considers choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts.

This book examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discusses its values and considers choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts.

Horseracing, thoroughbred breeding and gambling on racing are global industries worth several hundred billion dollars.

Horseracing, thoroughbred breeding and gambling on racing are global industries worth several hundred billion dollars.

The links between policy and practice in natural resource management are often depicted as a cyclical and rational process.

The links between policy and practice in natural resource management are often depicted as a cyclical and rational process.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992.

In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance - co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM).

In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance - co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM).

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment.

With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment.

Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries.

Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries.

Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity.

Invasive non-native species are a major threat to global biodiversity.

The book integrates the knowledge and reflections of 30 scientists, of which many have dedicated a substantial part of their professional life to the Galapagos archipelago, to the conservation of its biodiversity and to the sustainable management of its resources.

The book integrates the knowledge and reflections of 30 scientists, of which many have dedicated a substantial part of their professional life to the Galapagos archipelago, to the conservation of its biodiversity and to the sustainable management of its resources.

In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs).

In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs).